Homage to Catalonia Fun Activities

Political Groups.

Divide the class into two and ask each group to devise a political party based on how they think they want to run the classroom. Once each group has developed its ideas, conduct a debate a debate between the two groups.

Soundtrack.

Choose what songs you would put on a soundtrack that could accompany the story. At what point would you play the songs?

Survival.

Choose a culture completely alien to your own and write a guide on how a foreigner can survive.

Haiku.

Write a haiku which you think summarizes the book.

Play.

With your classmates choose a scene from the book and develop it into a play. Some students should be in charge of costumes, another set of students should be in charge of designing the set, two or three students should write the script and another group of students should be the actors...